Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Live each day as it were your last. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want. Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
I'm free to be what I want. Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
Female Virginity - purity pledges
Female Virginity: If the angels are keeping score, they must be using a system so complex that not even they understand it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Social Currency of Chastity
Female Virginity: Divine law is written in stone; human compliance is written on a napkin that got left in the rain. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - virginity policing
Female Virginity: The "angelic algorithm" for sorting souls is probably a simple "if-then" statement that doesn't account for human complexity. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - chastity
Female Virginity: The universe is vast and mysterious, and we've chosen to focus our moral scrutiny on the state of a hymen. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
moral enforcement
Female Virginity: A signed purity pledge has the half-life of a mayfly in a room full of frogs. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious ideals
Female Virginity: The "celestial comedy" is that we think we're the directors, when we're just the actors. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
geographic variations
Female Virginity: The "final exam" for life is one you can't study for and are never sure you've finished. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
satire on religious chastity
Female Virginity: The "celestial compass" points in a different direction for everyone. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - technology vs tradition
Female Virginity: If the angels are bored, it's because they're stuck on virginity patrol instead of dealing with the interesting sins. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - compassion deficit
Female Virginity: A village's collective memory is longer and more detailed than the most advanced government surveillance system. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG